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An investigative report by Tehelka SIT tells an insider\u2019s account of the Bollywood drug parties and also reveals how easy it is to get drugs on the streets of Kolkata<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u201cOnce upon a time I used to take Cocaine for 12 hours continuously. Starting at 9 in the evening and finishing next day morning same time. It gave me energy. Why some Bollywood stars are\u00a0\u00a0taking cocaine? Just to get energy! Shooting for films in three shifts in a row, not going home and not taking rest exhaust them. So to get fresh energy they require cocaine. The same reason drew me to the drug too. No one working with me was willing to go home. They all used to sit around me and take the drug, so how could I stop myself from taking it. So I also got sucked into it for the sake of energy. We used to spend lakhs of rupees in one night on cocaine\u201d. This is what a renowned Bollywood dance choreographer, a musician-turned-DJ, on the condition of not mentioning his name in the story revealed to\u00a0Tehelka.<\/em><\/p>\n This DJ who claimed to have performed for Amitabh Bachchan in his suite in Singapore, and at the homes of Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan in Mumbai is an Indian film singer\/music director, who has worked predominantly in Bollywood. This musician has mainly composed popular music, and his three remix albums have been big hits. Considered to be one of the pioneers of DJ music in India, he is also famous for being privy to the inside stories of drug parties of some Bollywood stars. It can be safely said that he is an eyewitness to most of the Bollywood drug parties. Posing as a film maker who wants to make a film on \u2018Bollywood and drugs\u2019 subject,\u00a0Tehelka<\/em>\u00a0reporter met this music composer in Mumbai\u2019s five star hotel. The DJ candidly confessed to\u00a0Tehelka<\/em>\u00a0that he himself was taking cocaine at one time.<\/p>\n DJ\u2026 \u201cI used to do it once upon a time\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cAap kaun si lete they pehley\u201d ?<\/p>\n DJ\u2026. \u201cCocaine\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026.. \u201cCocaine lete they aap\u201d ?<\/p>\n DJ\u2026. \u201cAb koi choice hi nahin raha. Ab sab le rahe hain yahan baithkar ab kya karun?. There was a time when I used to drink also. But I do not drink now\u201d.<\/p>\n [The\u00a0\u00a0DJ said that as he was left with no choice so he started taking cocaine. When everybody around him were taking cocaine, what alone he would do while sitting among them, he expleined]<\/p>\n The DJ told\u00a0Tehelka<\/em>\u00a0that there was a time that he used to take cocaine continuously for 12 hours. Starting at 9 at night and finishing around the same time next morning.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026 \u201cDJ bhai apko aadat kaisey padi\u201d ?<\/p>\n DJ\u2026. \u201cAadat nahin padi, Aadat nahin padi, because just for ye mera dost hai ye le raha hai. Ye meri jaan hai. Tu bhi meri jaan hai. Tu bhi taste kar to le yaar\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cAapne kaafi time tak to liya na aapne\u201d<\/p>\n DJ\u2026. \u201cMay be for a few months\u2026 6-8 months\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cThat\u2019s it?\u00a0\u00a0Kitna gram lete they aap\u201d ?<\/p>\n DJ\u2026. \u201cA lot\u2026wo khatm hi nahin hota tha. Hum log shuru karte they 9 baje raat ko. Aur wo khatm hota tha doosrey din subah ke 10-11-12 baje\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026.. \u201c12 ghante\u201d ?<\/p>\n DJ\u2026. \u201cHaan\u201d..<\/p>\n [The DJ revealed how he got into cocaine routine through his friends, and how he along with them used to consume cocaine the whole night]<\/p>\n The DJ explained that cocaine gave energy to the actors and other Bollywood people who worked overnight and did many shifts in a row.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cEnergy aati hai\u201d?<\/p>\n DJ \u2026. \u201cActor log kyon le rahe hai, because they do 3 shifts karta hai. Neend-veend sab gul ho jaati hai. Nasha ek bottle daru pee lo aur aap 2 line maar lo cocaine. Your nasha will be levelized.\u201d<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cAap ne kyon kiya itna lumba\u201d?<\/p>\n DJ\u2026. \u201cMeri company aisi thi koi ghar jaaney key liye tayyar nahin hai. Paisey padey hue hai. Gaddiyan padi hui hain. Lakhon rupay hain.. aur mangao aur mangao!\u201d ?<\/p>\n [ The DJ confessed that some actors take cocaine for\u00a0\u00a0regaining the energy they lose after working continuously\u00a0\u00a0in shifts. He himself also took cocaine because none of his colleagues was\u00a0\u00a0willing to go home. They used to spend lakhs on cocaine in one night]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The DJ now told\u00a0Tehelka<\/em>\u00a0as to how cocaine makes an individual super active, raises his energy levels. After consuming it one can\u2019t sit idle; he would want girls, music, dance etc., he said)<\/p>\n DJ\u2026. \u201cCocaine is a high kick. If you have it; what would you do after that?. You go mad. Tumko chahiye hogi ladkiyan. Tumko chahiye hoga music. Tumko chahiye hoga. Tum kahin room main baith gaye na, inko maar dongey aap\u201d<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026.. \u201cCocaine ke baad\u201d ?<\/p>\n DJ\u2026. \u201cHmm\u201d.<\/p>\n [According to the DJ, cocaine gives high energy. So after having it, one wants to get involved in something or the other. Like girls, music, dance etc. After consuming cocaine, one can\u2019t sit idle. He will go mad if he doesn\u2019t find something to do.]<\/p>\n As the conversation with the DJ progressed, he revealed as to how Bollywood people get drugs through \u201cGotey\u201d [Local name given to their supplier]. They are their trusted peddlers, who regularly supply drugs to them.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cHaan sir bata rahe they Gotey hotey hai\u201d ?<\/p>\n DJ\u2026. \u201cThey go and they pick up stuff for them, they do not go themselves\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cAur kabhi pakdey gaye ye log\u201d ?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n DJ\u2026. \u201cPakdey gaye na \u2026\u2026ka kya hua tha\u201d ?<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cWo to khud hi pakda gaya tha\u2026..Uska bhi ye hi hua tha. Uska kaisey hue tha\u201d ?<\/p>\n DJ\u2026. \u201cNahin-nahin supplier ne naam liya tha\u201d.<\/p>\n The\u00a0\u00a0DJ told\u00a0Tehelka<\/em>\u00a0that Bollywood stars have their dedicated suppliers called \u201cGotey\u201d in local parlance who supply drugs to them. He also named two famous stars who were caught with drugs. According to DJ, they were arrested because the supplier revealed their names to the police.]<\/p>\n Which drug is presently in huge demand in Bollywood ? In reply to this, the DJ said, \u201cCocaine\u201d. And also revealed its rate. Rs 10,000 per gram. And one gram is nothing in 4-5 people. Then we look for supplier. A supplier they select is always a type of a man who no one can suspect. An old guy will come on old scooter and deliver the stuff!.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cAbhi sabse jyada kya bikta hai Bollywood mein\u201d ?<\/p>\n DJ\u2026. \u201cCocaine\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cCocaine\u201d?<\/p>\n DJ\u2026.. \u201cHmm\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026.. \u201cBahut mehnga hoga\u201d?<\/p>\n DJ\u2026.. \u201cIt is expensive\u201d<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026.. \u201cKya rate hoga sir\u201d ?<\/p>\n DJ\u2026. \u201cAbhi Rs 10 thousand for a gram.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cCocaine\u201d?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n DJ\u2026.. \u201cA gram.. gram is nothing\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026.. \u201cEk gram main kuch nahin hai\u201d ?<\/p>\n DJ\u2026. \u201cEk gram main kuch nahin hain. Teen-chaar-paanch log kum se kum hota hai\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cEk time main\u201d?<\/p>\n DJ\u2026. \u201cHaan ek time main. Khalaas [khatm] ho jaata hain. Main lunga chaar paanch line bana liya. Main lunga, usko 2 chahiye. Usne 2 line maar di, to kharcha ho gaya aur zyada. Usko phone karo\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cSupplier ko\u201d?<\/p>\n DJ\u2026. \u201cWo ayega scooter par tooti- footi. Buda aadmi ko ye log select karte hai sala. Koi bol hi nahin sakta hai iske pass kya hai. Waisa wala\u00a0\u00a0aadmi ayega\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cKitne time main aa jaata hai\u201d.<\/p>\n DJ\u2026. \u201cWo fatafat aa jaata hai. Har area main unke rehte hai. Har area main unke rehte hai\u201d.<\/p>\n [ The DJ confessed that cocaine is in huge demand in Bollywood. It is also very expensive: Rs 10k per gram. And gram is nothing at a place where 4-5 people sit at a time and consume cocaine. So we look for supplier. Supplier is always an old man, on whom no one will have any doubt. He come on an old scooter to deliver the stuff.]<\/p>\n According to the DJ, cocaine in Bollywood is a never ending story. Stars discuss about their supplier. Their rates, their purity. And that too the whole night.<\/p>\n DJ\u2026. \u201cMera dealer kaun hai aur tera dealer kaun hai.? Mera maal achcha hai.. tera maal kaisa hai.. kitna pure hai\u201d ?<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cAccha ye bhi baat hoti hai\u201d?<\/p>\n DJ\u2026. \u201cArey ye to main hai. Subject ye hai. Yahan par shuru hoti hai. Subah ho jaati hai\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cKi dealer kissey liya\u201d.<\/p>\n DJ\u2026. \u201cHaan, kahan se aaya hai. Columbia ke kaun se gaanv se aayi hai. Aur wo kahan pahucha aur kahan mixing hui. Aur phir kya milaya usmein aur phir. Haan yahan rakha to usmein mera ek side mera thoda sa zyada hua. Tera kum hua. Arey bade kamaal cheez cocaine hai. Matlab never ending story hai ye.<\/p>\n [ The DJ told\u00a0Tehelka<\/em>\u00a0that Bollywood stars for the whole night sit and discuss about their suppliers, the purity of drugs, from which country it is from, its rate etc. They also argue that their drug is more pure than the others. From which village of Columbia the drug has come.]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n After the DJ, Tehelka met another renowned Assistant Action Director of the Bollywood, who is also an eyewitness to many Bollywood drug parties. He also revealed the Bollywood stars\u2019 love for the drugs, but again on the condition of not mentioning his name in the story. According to this action director, Mira road of Mumbai is a go-to place for drugs. There, a number of Africans sell drugs to the stars.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026.. \u201cInko milti kaisey hai sab ko\u201d ?<\/p>\n AD\u2026. \u201cArey kitni milti hai aap chaley jao Mira road mein. Kitney neegro log bech rahe hai drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026.. \u201cMira road mein\u201d?<\/p>\n AD\u2026. \u201cPhir\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026.. \u201cMira road to bahut dur hai\u201d.?<\/p>\n AD\u2026. \u201cHaan\u201d.<\/p>\n [The AD said that Mumbai\u2019s Mira road is full of Africans who sell drugs to the Bollywood people]<\/p>\n Now the AD told\u00a0Tehelka<\/em>\u00a0that stars don\u2019t do drug parties openly. They take drugs privately in a room. So nobody can make out if they have consumed any drug. It is only from their eyes one can make out that they have done drugs.<\/p>\n AD\u2026. \u201cWaisey drugs wagahrah wali party aisey nahin hoti\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cKaisi hoti hai\u201d ?<\/p>\n AD\u2026. \u201cDrugs wali party main sirf actor log hi rehte hai\u201d ?<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cJo drug lete hain\u201d .<\/p>\n AD\u2026. \u201cHaan aur wo chupke se ek room main hi karte hai.. wo log aur kisi ke saamney aisa karte nahin hai. Ab kya liya wo bhi nahin maloom padega apko. Kya lekar aaya wo. Lekin uski aankhon se dekh kar pata chal jayega.. Itni jaldi itna nasha nahin hota kisi ko\u201d.<\/p>\n [The AD revealed to\u00a0Tehelka<\/em>\u00a0that Bollywood stars don\u2019t take drugs openly. Whatever they take privately, it is tough to make it out what they have taken. It is only through their eyes one can guess that they are under the influence of drug. ]<\/p>\n The AD now narrated one incident of a famous film director with whom he was working as his assistant. On an Ad film shoot, the director took so much of charas that he couldn\u2019t got up next morning for the shoot. Later he asked the AD to shoot the ad.<\/p>\n AD\u2026. \u201cMain apna kissa batata hoon unke saath kya hua tha\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cHaan-nahin wo charsi wala bataiye\u201d.<\/p>\n AD\u2026. \u201cCharsi wala\u201d?<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cHaan\u201d.<\/p>\n AD\u2026.. \u201cCharsi wala, hum log Goa main they\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cEk minute\u201d.<\/p>\n AD\u2026. \u201cSir ne to pee li daba ke ekdum\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cKaun si pee thi\u201d ?<\/p>\n AD\u2026. \u201cWo to maloom nahin kya thi par itni pee li ki poochon mat\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cDaru to nahin thi na\u201d ?<\/p>\n AD\u2026. \u201cDaru thi na daru thi\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cNahin Charas ki baat ho rahi hai\u201d.?<\/p>\n AD\u2026.. \u201cDaru-Charas sab wahin karte wo\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cOK\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cPhir kya hua\u201d ?<\/p>\n AD\u2026. \u201cPhir kya uthey hi nahin.. to subah shoot hain. Mere ko bola.. Bunty too jaa ke kar\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cKaun si film\u201d?<\/p>\n AD\u2026. \u201cFilm nahin thi.. ad film thi\u201d.<\/p>\n [ The AD narrated an incident while he was in Goa for an ad film shoot. A renowned film director of India with whom he was working an assistant director consumed so much of liquor and charas that he couldn\u2019t get up the next morning on time for the shoot. Consequently, he asked the AD to go out and shoot for him].<\/p>\n After Mumbai, Maharashtra,\u00a0Tehelka<\/em>\u00a0now travelled to Kolkata, West Bengal, in search of drug being sold on the streets of another metro city of the country. Not to our surprise we easily came across a peddler name Kartik in Darjeeling. We told Kartik that we are organising a 100-people drug party in Darjeeling. For that we require \u201cgaanja\u201d. Kartik immediately agreed to supply us the same in kilos.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cAchcha Kartik kitna maal de sakte ho humein abhi tum party ke liye\u201d ?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201cAbhi dost ke saath baat kar lete hai\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cNahin gaanja kitna de sakte ho. 100 logon key liye. 100 logon ke liye gaanja de dogey\u201d ?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201cHaan de dengey\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cHmm\u201d.<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201cHaan\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cKitna hona chahiye 100 logon ke liye\u201d?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201c100 logon ke liye aap jitna bologey utna de dengey. 1kg, 1.50 kg\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cDe dogey\u201d?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201cHaan de dengey\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cKya rate hoga 1kg ka\u201d ?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201c1kg ka kya rate chal raha wo dekhna padega.. abhi bazaar ka daily ka rate up and down hota hai na. 100 gm 600-700 rupay leta hai\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201c100 gm 700 rupay ka\u201d ?<\/p>\n [Kartik, the drug peddler, told us that he can provide us gaanja in kilos for our 100 people drug party in Darjeeling. He told us its present rate, which is Rs 600-700 for 100 gm]<\/p>\n Now Kartik showed us the gaanja pouch he was carrying with him.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cYe kya hai ye\u201d? Nahin ye kya hai ye\u201d ?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201cGaanja\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cHumein charas chahiye\u201d.?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026.. \u201cCharas chahiye\u201d.?<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026.. \u201cHaan\u201d.<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026.. \u201cCharas to abhi shaam ko milega\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026.. \u201cYe kitney ka hai poodiya\u201d ?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201cYe 300 ka hai\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cTum to bahut mehnga de rahe ho\u201d ?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201cMehnga nahin hai. Hum log roz hi lete hai\u201d.<\/p>\n [ Now Kartik showed us the gaanja pouch he was carrying with him. And told us its rate, which was Rs 300 for one pouch. He says he purchased them daily at the same rate.]<\/p>\n Kartik revealed to\u00a0Tehelka<\/em>\u00a0that the gaanja he is purchasing from Baagdogra is of high quality. That is why one 5-6 gm pouch is costing him Rs 600.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cTum kahan se lete ho ye gaanja\u201d ?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201cYe to hum Baagdogra se lete hai\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cTum kitne ka lete ho packet apne liye\u201d ?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201c300 ka lete hai\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201c300 ka hi lete ho aap bhi. Mehnga hai yaar\u201d ?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201cYe to mehnga padega hi. Ye high quality ka hai\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cEk pouch main kitna hota hai…ek pouch\u201d ?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201cEk pouch main maan lijiye hoga 5-6 gram.<\/p>\n [Kartik told\u00a0Tehelka<\/em>\u00a0that the gaanja he purchased from Baagdogra is of high quality. That is why one pouch of 5-6 gm cost him Rs 300.]<\/p>\n In Darjeeling itself after Kartik, we met another drug peddler, Sanjay Mandal. He admitted to\u00a0Tehelka<\/em>\u00a0that just before meeting us he was taking brown sugar. Sanjay told us that the rate of one gm brown sugar is Rs 2,000. He agreed to supply brown sugar to us.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cTum bhi lete ho brown sugar\u201d ?<\/p>\n Sanjay \u2026. \u201cKabhi-Kabhi leta hoon. Leta hoon\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026.. \u201cHumein to tumney dilwai nahin. 3 din se yahan par hai\u201d.<\/p>\n Sanjay\u2026 Suniye sir. Main to leta hoon. Main to abhi bhi le hi raha tha. Aap log phone kiye to main\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cBrown Sugar abhi hai\u201d ?<\/p>\n Sanjay \u2026. \u201cSaamney se lena padega\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cKitney ka\u201d.?<\/p>\n Sanjay \u2026. \u201cYahan 2000 rupay ka 1 gm aata hai\u201d.<\/p>\n [Sanjay revealed to\u00a0Tehelka<\/em>\u00a0that he was taking brown sugar just before he came to meet us. He said he can arrange brown sugar for us also. The rate will be Rs 2000 for 1 gm]<\/p>\n From Darjeeling,\u00a0Tehelka<\/em>\u00a0travelled to Kolkata, and near Kolkata Airport met another drug peddler, who was also named Kartik. He was sitting on the pavement and was selling gaanja.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cHai kuch\u201d. ?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201cHaan\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cKya hai\u201d ?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201cGaanja hai\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cCharas hai charas\u201d ?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201cCharas nahin hai\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cCocaine\u201d ?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201cCocaine-charas nahin hai. Sirf yehi hai\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cGaanja\u201d.?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201c Haan\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026.. \u201c1 packet kitne ka hai\u201d ?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201cEk 200 ka karke hai\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201c1 packet main kitna hai\u201d ?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201cYe kitna hai malik jaanta hai. Hum nahin jaanta hai. Hum log to packet mein karke bech deta hai. Hum bechta hai\u201d.<\/p>\n [The drug peddler sitting near the Kolkata Airport told\u00a0Tehelka<\/em>\u00a0that he sells only gaanja pouches. He doesn\u2019t have charas or cocaine. One pouch of gaanja costs Rs 200.]<\/p>\n Now Kartik told us the rates of both loose gaanja and gaanja pouch he is selling to the customers.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201c25gm gaanja kitne ka bataya aapne\u201d ?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201c600 rupay ka\u201d<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201c600 rupay ka 25 gm gaanja khula. Aur ye packet jo hai 200 rupay ka\u201d ?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201c200 hai ye\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cDono mein kitna hai\u201d ?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201cWo hum nahin jaanta\u201d.<\/p>\n [Kartik revealed the rates of both the loose gaanja and gaanja pouch to\u00a0Tehelka<\/em>].<\/p>\n Kartik now confessed that everyday he sits near the Kolkata airport and sells Gaanja.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cTime kya hai yahan baithney ka\u201d ?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201cAap 12 baje key baad\u00a0\u00a0aaiyega\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cDopahar ko 12\u00a0\u00a0baje ke baad. Aur raat ko kitney baje tak\u201d ?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201c6.30 baje tak\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cRoz milte ho aap yahin. Naam kya hai aapka\u201d ?<\/p>\n Kartik\u2026. \u201cHumara naam Kartik hai\u201d.<\/p>\n [Kartik then told\u00a0Tehelka<\/em>\u00a0his office hours. He said he comes at 12 noon and leave the Airport by 6.30 in evening after selling gaanja.\u201d]<\/p>\n After Kartik,\u00a0Tehelka<\/em>\u00a0met another drug peddler Chandu at the national highway, Kolkata. Chandu was also found selling gaanja to a customer. He immediately told us the rates of the\u00a0\u00a0gaanja pouch he is selling.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cCharas-charas\u201d ?<\/p>\n Chandu\u2026. \u201cCharas nahin hai\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cGaanja\u201d.?<\/p>\n Chandu\u2026. \u201cHai\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026.. \u201cCharas nahin hai\u201d ?<\/p>\n Chandu\u2026. \u201cNahin\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cGaanjey ki pudiya\u201d ?<\/p>\n Chandu\u2026.. \u201c200 rupay ka diya hai\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cGaanja kya rate hai\u201d ?<\/p>\n Chandu\u2026. \u201c100 rupay ka hai. 20 rupay ka hai.<\/p>\n [Chandu, another peddler, selling his wares at National highway Kolkata told\u00a0Tehelka<\/em>\u00a0that he doesn\u2019t\u00a0\u00a0sell charas and only sells gaanja. He said some of the gaanja pouches he is carrying cost Rs 20 while some cost Rs 100. ]<\/p>\n After meeting drug peddlers on Kolkata streets,\u00a0Tehelka<\/em>\u00a0now met a woman selling gaanja on Kolkata streets. The woman didn\u2019t disclose her name to\u00a0Tehelka<\/em>\u00a0but assured us that the gaanja she is selling is of high quality, and is reasonably priced. She claimed that if we buy the same gaanja from the airport it will cost us double the price she is charging. She further revealed that she initially thought that we were policewallas.<\/p>\n Woman peddler\u2026. \u201c500 ruapy ka hai gaanja\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cCharas hai\u201d ?<\/p>\n Woman peedler\u2026. \u201cCharas nahin gaanja hai. Achchey wala\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cDikhao\u201d ?<\/p>\n Woman peddler\u2026. \u201cYe bahut achchey wala hai. Ye airport par le jayega 1,000 rupay ka bechega\u201d.<\/p>\n Reporter\u2026. \u201cHumein bechna nahin hai humein to apne liye chahiye\u201d.<\/p>\n Woman peddler\u2026. \u201cJaanta hai\u201d.<\/p>\n Woman peddler\u2026. \u201cHum soch raha tha policewalla hai, isliye nahin dikhaya\u201d<\/p>\n Woman peddler\u2026. \u201cYe achchey wala hai ek lijiye doosri baar ayogey ye lene ke baad\u201d.<\/p>\n [ Woman peddler told\u00a0Tehelka<\/em>\u00a0that she sells gaanja of high quality. She added that the same quality is sold at double the price at the Kolkata airport.]<\/p>\n Tehelka<\/em>\u2019s investigation has revealed that it is not only the Bollywood which is in the grip of drug abuse. The other industries, including fashion industry, are also known for the rampant use of drugs. Forget industries, drugs are easily available even on the streets of Mumbai and Kolkata. Sadly, the recreational drugs have become easily available since it has a very aggressive market. Also, unlike alcohol and regular cigarettes it is very difficult to find out whether someone standing next to you is under the influence of drug or not. School children are also getting addicted to drugs, because it is easily available in almost all the cities. During our investigation at one place in Kolkata, we found customers coming with money and purchasing gaanja pouches from the peddler. All one needs is a good cash in one\u2019s pocket to buy any type of drug from the market.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An investigative report by Tehelka SIT tells an insider\u2019s account of the Bollywood drug parties and also reveals how easy it is to get drugs on the streets of Kolkata \u201cOnce upon a time I used to take Cocaine for 12 hours continuously. 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Mamata Banerjee<\/p>\n